READER LETTER: Thoughts on dog fouling - This poem is called Work Of Art
Of that there is no doubt
As is finding a solution
To deter its spread about
The council (WLDC) has come up with one
Spray paint it on the spot
Then just leave it, day in, day out
Why not just remove it job lot?
It does not solve the problem
Or diminish risk to health
Or the chance of stepping in it
And spreading it about
We don’t need pavement Picassos
They will do more harm than good
Just a man with a brush and shovel
To nip it in the bud
No offence to the council
But it really makes no sense
To paint over the problem
And commit it to past tense
Neither does it serve a purpose
Other than to spread disease
Ringworm and toxicaria to cats, dogs and human beings
Invest instead in disinfectant, sweeping brushes, shovels too
Don’t compound, remove the problem, our streets need less, not more, dog loos
The claim that’s being promoted is spray painting faeces works
It does, for the paint manufacturers, ‘thanks’ to an idea conceived by berks.
Jim Whelan
Gainsborough